Franklin Spinney

Franklin “Chuck” Spinney is a former military analyst for the Pentagon and a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion, published by AK Press. He be reached at chuck_spinney@mac.com

Why the War Machine Keeps on Running

The Myth of Precision-Guided Coercion

Pakistanizing the Libyan War

Posturing Twits in the Howling Wilderness of the Pentagon’s Budget Debate

How Much Should We Spend on National Defense?

Did Obama’s Promise Trigger the Arab Revolt?

Surging Tit for Tat in Afghanistan

Obama’s March to Folly

Who is the Wise General in Afghanistan?

Staying the Course in Afghanistan

Another Free Ride for the Pentagon?

Democratic Debacle

Memo to Obama: Three Strikes and You’re Out

Techno War

The Pentagon Game

Peace Process to Nowhere

How the Defense Industry is Hosing Obama and the Taxpayer … Again

Will Erdogan Blink?

McChrystal Returns to His Roots

The Arrogance of Ignorance

Bound to Fail

Obama’s Toxic "Green" Policy

Obama’s Toxic "Green" Policy

Eisenhower’s Nightmare Arrives

Mark-to-Market Pentagon Style

Mark-to-Market Pentagon Style

The Pentagon Goes Intellectually AWOL

Turning Sun Tzu on His Head

The Afghan Escalation and Women’s Rights

Why the Time for Afghan Analysis is Over

Obama as LBJ

The Afghan War Question

Katrina and the Paralysis of Fear

The Huge Hole in Gen. McChrystal’s Afghan Counterinsurgency Strategy

The Nuttiness of the War on Terror

Portrait of an Afghan Firefight

Winning Hearts and Minds, Pentagon Style

The Taliban Rope-a-Dope

Natural Growth: Israel’s Demographic Hogwash

Wall Street and the Pentagon

What Israeli Peace Process?

Obama Steps on the Pentagon Escalator

Grassley Sounds Off on Obama’s Man at the Pentagon

Hosing Obama Israeli Style

The New York Times Flames Out in Defense Dogfight

How Obama Won

Can Obama Put Down the Brie and Opt for Real Change?

Should Obama Escalate the War in Afghanistan?

The Defense Reform Trap

Bush’s New War Budget